Improvement in fenders or cushions for furniture



that@ )Sia/ira Letters Patent No. 113,605, dated April 11,1871..

IMPROVEMENT IN FENDERS OR CU-SHIONS FOR FURNITURE. i

The Schedule referred to Lu these Letters Patent and making parl: of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE R.W1LLM0T, of Meriden, inthe county of New Haven and State of Clonnecticut, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Fenders and Cushions for Furniture andother purposes, of which the' following isa full, clear, and

exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawingforming part ofvthis specilication,

and in whioh- A Figures land 2 represent .face views of my im# proveddevic'e under different forms;

Figure 3 is a transversesection of the device under the form it is shownin fig. 2; and

Figured, a transverse section of they same under the form represented iniig. 1.

Figure' 5 is a, similar view to iig. 3 under a solid construction ofthe-'device'gjand" Figure 6, a `faceview of said device, as `shown ,infig. 2,- with the marginal ring removed.

Figures 7 and 8 Vrepresent views of certain wires or i springs forholding on the cloth or cveringapplied to the device, as represented infigs. l and 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding part-s throughoutthe several figures.

My invention relates to what are known'by upholsterers and others asfenders or cushions applied to the backs of various articles offurniture and in other places, mainly to prevent soiling -an'd bruisingof the walls of an apartment. or other surfaces with which said articlesare liable to be brought in contact.

The invention consists in a fender or cushion coniposed 0"a block orbody and a wire or spring for hold ing on a plush or other covering;also, a marginal ring or border casing fittedovcr the whole to concealsaid spring and edges of the covering and to give an vornamental finishto the whole device. i

`By this improvement a heater fender or cushion is produced, and whichVmaybe supplied to the trade or retailed for privateense without itscovering, and with increased facility for putting on the latter' and forutilizing scrap or waste to correspond with the upholstery or furnitureof the room.

Referring to the accompanying drawing- Figs. 1, 4, and 7 relate toarfender or cushion oi" oblong form, and

Figs. 2, 3, 5, 6, and 8 to a like device of circular orhemispherical'constructiom but the elements ornovelA .features are thesame, mere shape of the device, which 1may beotherwise varied, beingimmaterial.

A represents the body, which may either be made `hollow and from sheetmetal, or solid and of wood or other material or materials, andpreferable with a marginal dange or back-plate, a, that may be suitablypunctured for the u'sually regarded es waste, it onlyl being ,necessaryto see that the piece or scrap is of suicient size to cover' the block.

Said covering B is applied to the blockby simplyV placing it on or overthe block and then slipping a bent wire or sp1-ing, 0over the covering,so as. tordraw the latter down toward and nhold it securelyr against oraroundthe base-portion of the block, alter which, if necessary, anysurplus material may be trimmed from the covering at its edge.

A light metal or other marginal ring or border casing, D, is thenslipped kover the whole to conceal the spring and raw edges of thecovering and to give a neat finish tothe whole, to aid in which "lattereffect said ring or casing may be fashioned and colored to representgimp, corresponding with that used on'thearticle of furniture the fenderor cushion is applied to.

or required to. match; and to further carry out such effect gimp-tacksmay be used to liold the marginal ring or border-casing to its place.'

What is here claimed, and desired to besecured by'- The combination ofthe block A, the covering B, i and the wire or spring C, and the'marginal-ring or border casing D, with or without .the elastic packingb, substantially as specified.

GEORQEB. WILLMOT.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. SMITH; EDWIN Bmnsnv.

passage of nails tohold the device to its place. i

